The Parameter of Aspect

by Carlota S. Smith

Book Overview

This work presents a unified theory of aspect within Universal Grammar. It provides an unusual combination of syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic approaches to a single domain, and gives detailed linguistic analyses of five languages with very different aspectual systems: English, French, Mandarin Chinese, Navajo and Russian. This second edition has been completely revised to include further development of the two-component theory, including new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792346599
• ISBN13: 9780792346593
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 353 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"